Greenville Senior High School (also known as Greenville Senior High Academy, GHS, GSHS, Greenville Senior High Academy of Law, Finance, and Business, and Greenville High Academy) is a medium-sized secondary school and magnet school located in Greenville, South Carolina.
| Greenville Senior High School | |
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,_June_2019_2.jpg) Greenville Senior High School in 2019 | |
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1 Vardry Street 29601 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°50′25″N 82°24′26″W / 34.840140°N 82.407130°W |
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| Other names | Greenville High Academy, Greenville Senior High Academy |
| Former name | Greenville High School |
| Type | Public secondary magnet school |
| Motto | Latin: Veritas Vos Liberabit (The truth will set you free) |
| Established | 1888 |
| School district | Greenville County School District |
| Principal | Dylan Hudson[1] |
| Staff | 15 (2018–19)[1] |
| Faculty | 94 (2018–19)[1] |
| Teaching staff | 75.20 (FTE) (2016–17)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 1,459 (2018–19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.95 (2016–17)[2] |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Red Raider |
| Newspaper | Raiderpress |
| Yearbook | Nautilus |
| Website | www |
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| Last updated: July 2, 2019 | |
Traditions and extracurriculars
editGreenville has a rivalry with J.L. Mann High School. During "spirit week", a week-long charity event typically held in September, Greenville and J.L. Mann compete to raise more money than each other through extracurricular school events and traditions. At the end of spirit week, a football game between the two schools is held, during which the amount of money both schools raised is revealed at the half.[3]
Greenville has many clubs that students are able to join, including spirit club, book club, film club, theatre team, foreign language clubs (Spanish, French, Latin), step team, and many more.
Greenville holds a fall homecoming dance, in addition to a homecoming football game, and a spring promenade dance. During homecoming week, there are several dress-up days for students to participate in.
Greenville's theatre department presents bi-annual productions: a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. Any student who attends the school is able to audition for a role in these productions and apply for backstage positions.
Notable alumni
edit- Rudolf Anderson – first recipient of the Air Force Cross[4]
- Harry Ashmore – journalist[4]
- Robert T. Ashmore - U.S. Congressional Representative for South Carolina[4]
- Phillip Boykin – singer, actor[4]
- Carroll A. Campbell Jr. – governor of South Carolina[4]
- Sarah Cunningham – actress[4]
- Dick Dietz – professional baseball player[4]
- Charles Fernley Fawcett – soldier, airman, actor[4]
- Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. – inventor[4]
- Clement Haynsworth – U.S. federal judge[4]
- Dick Hendley – professional football player[5]
- John D. Hollingsworth – businessman, inventor, philanthropist[4]
- David Jones – professional football player[6]
- Tommy Jones - Professional Bowler[4]
- Herman Lay – chairman and chief executive officer of Frito-Lay[4]
- Douglas Leigh – advertising executive[4]
- Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. – U.S. congressional representative for South Carolina[4]
- James Mann – U.S. congressional representative for South Carolina[4]
- Jim Mattos – member of South Carolina House of Representatives[4]
- Raven I. McDavid Jr. – American English linguist[4]
- Sandi Morris – Olympic pole vault medalist[7]
- Robert G. Owens Jr., Major general, U.S. Marine Corps and flying ace
- Emile Pandolfi – pianist[4]
- Richard Riley – governor of South Carolina, U.S. Education Secretary[4]
- Rory Scovel – comedian, actor, and writer[8]
- Bennie Lee Sinclair – poet, novelist, writer[4]
- Carson Spiers – baseball player[9]
- Butch Taylor – professional basketball player[10]
- Nick Theodore – lieutenant governor of South Carolina[4]
- George Tindall – historian, author[4]
- Charles H. Townes – physicist, inventor[4]
- John B. Watson – psychologist[4]
- David H. Wilkins – attorney, politician, ambassador[4]
- William Walter Wilkins – U.S. federal judge[4]
- Joanne Woodward – Academy Award-winning actress[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "School Profile for Greenville High Academy". Greenville County Public Schools. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ a b "Search for Public Schools - Greenville Senior High Academy (450231000564)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
- ^ Staff, T. G. N. (2022, September 17). Greenville vs. JL Mann football in pictures. SCHSL football: Greenville vs. JL Mann during Spirit Week. Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://www.greenvilleonline.com/picture-gallery/sports/high-school/2022/09/17/sc-high-school-football-greenville-vs-jl-mann-schsl-spirit-week-meals-on-wheels/10404004002/
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "GHS Wall of Fame". Greenville High School. Retrieved July 2, 2019 – via sites.google.com.
- ^ Keepfer, Scott (November 4, 2014). "Former Clemson star Dick Hendley dies". The Greenville News. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via greenvilleonline.com.
- ^ "David Jones Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Martin, Jennifer (July 27, 2018). "Olympian Sandi Morris returns to Greenville for Pole Vault Event". WSPA-TV. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "Comic Rory Scovel weighs in on Woodruff Road and growing up in Greenville". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Greenville's Carson Spiers excels in football, baseball". Greenvilleonline.com. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Butch Taylor Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
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